Vintage Puma Italy replica home football shirt from the 2010/2011 international season.

Condition of this vintage shirt is 8.8/10 – Excellent, couple of tiny bobbles on the sleeve (see photos).

Material is bright, vivid and smooth. Fantastic looking shirt, ideal for a collection of your own.

By virtue of winning the World Cup, Italy qualified for theConfederations Cup, held inSouth Africain June 2009. They won their opening match, against theUnited States, 3–1, but defeats toEgypt(0–1) andBrazil(0–3) meant that they finished third in the group on goals scored, and were eliminated. The national football team of Italy qualified for the 2010 FIFA World Cup after playing home games atStadio Friuli,Stadio Via del Mare,Stadio San Nicola,Stadio Olimpico di TorinoandStadio Ennio Tardini. In October 2009, the national team of Italy qualified for the 2010 World Cup South Africa after drawing with Republic of Ireland 2–2. On 4 December 2009, the draw for the World Cup was made, Italy was in Group F alongside Paraguay, New Zealand and Slovakia.

At the2010 World Cupin South Africa, Italy were eliminated in thefirst round, finishing last place in their group. After being held to 1–1 draws byParaguayandNew Zealand, they lost 3–2 to Slovakia. The results from the group stage sent shock waves across the world. It was the first time Italy failed to win a single game at World Cup finals, and in doing so became the third nation to be eliminated in the first round while holding the World Cup crown, the first one being Brazil in 1966 and the second France in 2002. Incidentally, the French national team, losing finalist in the 2006 World Cup, was also eliminated without winning a game in the first round in South Africa, making it the first time ever that no finalists of the previous edition were able to reach the second round.